BYD has issued a recall on two of its models due to fire hazard – the Dolphin and the Yuan Plus. The recall affects vehicles sold in China and produced between February 4, 2023 and December 26, 2023 as well as some Yuan Plus units that rolled out of the factory between November 2, 2022 and June 19, 2023. Rhe… Read more…
Nio & Sinopec expand cooperation
Nio is expanding its cooperation with the Chinese oil giant Sinopec. Under the new agreement, Nio customers can find and use Sinopec’s charging stations across the country via the Nio app and vehicle displays. Read more…
Revel opens new EV charging hub in New York City
Revel has opened its public fast-charging hub in Lower Manhattan, New York. It is open to the public but also intended for taxi and ridesharing services. Read more…
Bentley CEO says luxury market rejects electric cars
The Volkswagen Group ultra-luxury brand Bentley appears to have cooled even more on EVs. As its CEO Frank-Steffen Walliser recently told Car and Driver “what we see in the luxury market right now (is that) people reject electric cars.” Wealthy consumers “consider luxury cars only with a combustion engine,” the executive claimed. In 2020, Bentley… Read more…
Zeon Charging joins hands with Kempower for EV charging hubs in India
Zeon Charging, one of the largest CPOs in India, has partnered with Finnish hardware provider Kempower to grow its charging network in the country. A first charging site has already been set up. Read more…
Rare earth recycler Cyclic Materials raises $53 million
Canadian rare earth recycler Cyclic Materials, supported by BMW, among others, has raised 53 million US dollars in its Series B financing round. This financing brings the company’s total equity capital to over 83 million US dollars. Read more…
Fuel cell specialist Teco 2030 aims to build license business
The fuel cell manufacturer Teco 2030 intends to strategically shift its business away from sole production towards licensing its fuel cell technology. The reason given is the hesitant support in Norway and the promising subsidies elsewhere. Read more…
Ford is giving EV buyers a free home charger and more as part of its new ‘Power Promise’
Buy a new Ford EV and get a free home charger as part of its new “Ford Power Promise.” The program is designed to finally put the EV misperceptions to rest while making it even easier to go electric. Read more…
Ford EVs Now Come With Home Charger And Installation
The new Ford Power Promise is a set of services designed to fix some of the biggest barriers to EV adoption. Read more…
Electrode start-up Anaphite raises 12.5 million euros
British equipment manufacturer Anaphite has raised the equivalent of 12.5 million euros in a Series A financing round. The company is developing its own technology for dry coating battery electrodes. Read more…
Cybertruck finally gets Tesla’s FSD, but there’s a catch
Cybertruck, the electric vehicle that looks like it rolled straight out of a science fiction film, is finally receiving a long-awaited feature: Tesla’s ambitiously named Full Self-Driving (FSD) software. This comes nearly a year after the first Cybertrucks hit the road in November 2023, leaving early adopters wondering when they’d get to experience the advanced driver-assist system. The Cybertruck’s unique… Read more…
Xpeng launches in Portugal and Spain
The Chinese electric car manufacturer Xpeng continues expanding in Europe. Its vehicles are now also available in Portugal and Spain. The same three models are also available in Germany. Read more…
Mazda opens order books for the EZ-6 in China
The Mazda EZ-6 has gone on pre-sale in China. As announced, there are battery-electric and range-extended versions available. However, the pricing is not clear yet. Read more…
GM launches 2025 Chevy Blazer EV
GM has opened the order books for the new model year of the Chevy Blazer EV in the US. It offers more power and more range than its predecessor. Read more…
The Tesla Cybertruck Finally Gets Full-Self Driving–With An Asterisk
Technically, Tesla kept its promise of pushing the advanced driver assistance system to the Cybertruck in September. Read more…
EU states to vote on EV tariffs on 4 October
After EU member states did not vote on whether to introduce special tariffs on China-made EVs last week, they will likely cast their ballot on Friday. However, the date is not set in stone – and neither is the outcome. Read more…
Audi to introduce series principle in development
Audi’s development division is facing a major reorganisation. CEO Gernot Döllner apparently wants to introduce the so-called model series principle. It could mean that new cars move from the drawing board to the road more quickly. Read more…
Tesla has finally enabled FSD on (some) Cybertrucks
Some Cybertrucks can finally use Tesla’s Supervised Full Self-Driving software, almost exactly ten months after the vehicle was first released. Read more…
The UK officially closes its last remaining coal power plant
The UK has marked a historic moment in its energy transition by shuttering the Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station in Nottinghamshire, its last remaining coal power plant.. Read more…
Nissan Silvia: Everything We Know
It will likely be a plug-in hybrid or fully electric car. Read more…
